Fantasy Football tips: Leighton Baines, Nani and Didier Drogba

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Bolton striker Johan Elmander (Action Images)

This gameweek looks a bit topsy turvy.

One of the heavyweights of the Metro Fantasy Football season sees themselves prop up the punt quarters – while a fellow striker joins the ranks of the bankers to many people’s surprise…

So, onto our picks for this week, which should hopefully surprise and delight in equal measure…

- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -BankersHe’s certainly aided by his fixture, the always enticing home tie with Blackpool, but after three months of hard toil he has earned his seat on the bus through toil and hard work. Welcome on board Johan Elmander , enjoy the ride. It’s been a long journey for the Swede but he’s now the top scoring striker playing against one of the most susceptible defences and without undue merit joins the ranks of our weekly bankers.Six of the seven top scoring defenders in this game are left-backs by trade, what this tells we’re not sure but our choice from this handy bunch of performers this week will be left-back number three, known to you and me as Leighton Baines of Everton. His team will be welcoming West Brom into their paths this week and a cavalcade of attacking bonus in this game will not surprise in the least.We’re already getting to a point where trying to find new superlatives or reasons for selection are harder and harder to come by, so we’ll try and go simple this week.Naniis good, it really is that simple. The Portuguese winger will be ushering Blackburn into Old Trafford park and we think he might have a trick or two up his sleeve that will see plenty of points head his way.Johan Elmander – £7.2m, Leighton Baines – £6.1m, Nani – £7.7m- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -PuntsThis one really is a punt and there’s not much more to say about it.Sometimes the best of scouts like to go out on a whim and take a gamble – £7m on Bebe recently springs to mind – and this week we’re backing Nenad Milijas to break free and notch up a few points. The Serbian international is a so far untapped talent and a home tie with Sunderland will hopefully be the beginning of his Premier League boon.This is where we are right now: on recent form, and given the fixture before him, we can only give Didier Drogba the benefit of a place in our side as a punt. How far we have come in such a short time. Chelsea travel to Newcastle this weekend who will be without their two first choice centre-backs so his selection isn’t without merit and if Ben Foster wasn’t at his best last week he may have had some goalscoring form on his back.Nenad Milijas – £5.8m, Didier Drogba – £10.0m- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -Bubbling UnderYoungDanny Welbeckis the form guy right now having bagged himself three goals in his last two appearances for Sunderland, all it seems it needed was for him to be pulled in from the wing to play front and centre. A budget-seeker’s dream at £5.4m only sweetens the deal for those leaking for a cheap peek at what the recent records say may bring just rewards.Danny Welbeck – £5.4m- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AND PLAY METRO FREE FANTASY FOOTBALL FOR THE 2010/11 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON